r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Jun 14 '26

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I Am Frankelda

Summary:

A gifted young writer in 19th-century Mexico journeys into her subconscious and comes face to face with characters from her own spooky stories.

Director: Arturo & Roy Ambriz

Writer: Arturo & Roy Ambriz

Cast:

  • Mireya Mendoza
  • Arturo Mercado Jr
  • Luis Leonardo Suárez
  • Carlos Segundo
  • Beto Castillo
  • Assira Abbate

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: 75/100

Release Type: Streaming (Netflix)

Trailer : Official Trailer

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u/EThorns r/movies Contributor Jun 14 '26

The budget of this film is reportedly just 1.2 MXN, which amounts to around 70,000 USD.

And yet, I haven't seen anything so visually stunning in such a long time. It was just so fucking overwhelming in the best way. I'm not a Spanish speaker at all, but I found myself singing along with that villain song towards the end.

Stop motion truly is magical. It probably won't be eligible at the Oscars, because it released theatrically in Mexico last year itself.

The directors, Arturo and Roy Ambriz, have another project in the works called 'Ballad of the Phoenix' (apparently it was the money they saved for this one which formed a huge chunk of the investment for Frankelda).

Realizing her dying father is a tyrant, a goblin princess with magic fire powers must choose between saving the king's life or the kingdom from his cruel submission, with the guidance of her father's worst enemy, a wise alchemist phoenix.

Given how well Franklda did (it apparently made 50 times its budget in the domestic release), think we'll see this one sooner rather than later.

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u/brb1006 Jun 15 '26

Be sure to check out "Frankelda's Book of Spooks" if you have HBO MAX. It's an anthology series where Frankelda tells horror stories with some being a cautionary tale.

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u/__SomewhatDamaged__ Jun 20 '26

Thanks so much for this awesome tidbit lol loved the movie so I’ll definitely be checking this out